The Reel Rejects - THE WOLF OF WALL STREET MOVIE REVIEW – THIS SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL FAST – FIRST TIME WATCHING

Episode Date: February 7, 2026

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how inspired are you on a scale from 1 to 10 and which stocks should I be investing in as soon as we end this video oh you should put your stock in not being corrupted this movie was definitely a ride to say the least it was interesting as an exercise in martin

scorcese's ability to make something entertaining despite how unlikable the people you are are watching i feel like this was a three-hour ride of of of wildness and insanity and just showing how absolute power corrupts absolutely. And it's thoroughly entertaining, even in that. And I was surprised by that fact. And it's so funny watching a movie again for the first time and a long time, watching a movie from a different place in life because we live, obviously, in a capitalistic society.

So watching a movie about the excess of greed and then seeing how to how so many people want to acquire that, and especially there's so many more forms of acquiring that today, and just the lengths of which people will go to have unlimited, untapped power, and with that power, the untapped limits of whatever the hell they want to do and the entitlement that comes with the power and corruption of those things. I thought all the performances were really strong in the movie, very believable, very present, very lived in.

the way that it was shot was very unique in the sense that it was both visually interesting, but also the editing and the cutaway, is kind of how you were saying during the reaction itself were, yeah, something I don't think I've seen in many other movies, and it was, like part doc in the way that he was speaking to the audience, but also these like these random cutaways, not random, but these inserts that just added a little bit,

a punch to the movie. I just thoroughly enjoyed the time, even though I didn't like the people I was watching. I was thoroughly engaged, and it felt like this is very much a cautionary tale film about just, yeah, the corruption of greed and just how some people just should not have power or access to that much money

because it just emboldeneds them to be more horrible than they would be if they didn't have that power. Yeah. this movie fits into a genre I like to call the point of no point of no return core like Breaking Bad has that these aren't quite the same

but like there's stories that are about characters where you're like shit if you stopped any number of places along if you chose any number of the points of no return along this road you could have gotten out you've been fine and I mean

for all intents of purposes I feel like you know Jordan Belfort, I don't know much about his actual life. It certainly seems like no amount of consequence will ever make it so that he's not comfortable. So, like, I don't know. You reach a certain level of wealth where you are untouchable, even if you do go to jail. You live a comfortable cushy life in prison and then still get out and be able to have riches and a business and everything. Yeah, this was a fascinating version of what this is because, yeah, like Martin,

Orsese, I feel like, is one of the things he often does with his movies is, you know, the rise and fall, the sort of allure of, you know, power and the high life and, you know, the, both the high and the crash of that. I feel like, you know, especially his crime stuff is flavored with that. Obviously, like Goodfellas is a, you know, sort of go-to example of a story like that where, you know, oh, made man and then all of a sudden, and a shit goes sour. And that movie, as I remember it, it's been a minute since I've watched Goodfellas, I feel like that movie has a slightly more even blending of like, when the shit starts to turn, like the fun goes away, whereas this is like kind of freewheeling and like no matter what ugly or threatening circumstance arises, they just like meet it with partying even harder. Yeah.

And that's like the cope for everything. so it like it gives it this dizzying overwhelming maximalist quality where yeah like it's it carries the sort of like funnness of the tone i don't i don't know exactly what words to put that into but like it continues the sort of like crazy fun in games way longer than i'm used to in a movie like this from scorsese and uh and like the crash is fascinating because it's like you know you're very well aware early on that like this is is a cautionary tale. This is not role model shit. And I mean, this is a movie that is a bit of a Rorschach test, and I feel like a lot of, again, Scorsese joints can be. I like that he seems to

want to just observe the banality of greed and corruption and crime and rage and narcissistic and all these things and kind of present them to you in a way that doesn't necessarily prescribe you a reading. And I find it funny because, you know, I'm watching

this movie going like, fuck this guy you know like i cannot wait to see the downfall because like this is ridiculous and this is like such high intensity debauchery and disregard for anyone it's like yeah it's the true perversion of wealth and means uh and yeah like i can see why you would look at this and be like this is glorifying this and it's gross but at the same time like i at no point in this movie felt that way so it's like an interesting thing because i'm sure some people watch it and be like, oh, how could you depict all this? And it's like eating too much candy.

And then being force-fed more candy after that. Because at a certain point in the early on part, you're like, you know, when he's still an underdog, you're like, oh, you know, but what if I had some of these skills, you know? Like, look at what they're talking about, the opportunity to make this money and things like that. And I think, you know, it's smart that they choose a space where, especially with the penny stocks, you're like, okay,

you have to have a pretty low moral standard. in order to be okay with doing this ever at all. It's fascinating because there were multiple points during the movie where I was sitting there going like, God damn, this scene is going on forever. And like the rhythm maintain, it's not like watching one of those Judd Apatow era comedies where you're like, somebody forgot to edit the movie

and they just put all the footage in and like, you know, chose willy-nilly where to put the coverage. Like this is like so precise. and it's clearly made by people at the top of of craft and yeah it's fascinating like it's an interesting thing

because this movie has a reputation again for being overbearing with its point or overbearing with just its excess in general and I'm sitting here in an interesting way because I'm like yeah this is excessive this is three hours you get the point Scores says he also has a thing with some of his movies

where this is like what I only saw Killers of the Flower Moon the ones, but what I remember about that movie is it being an experience where you're... Once you understand what the movie's doing, you understand what the movie's doing and you're either on board with that or this is going to be a really

long watch for you. Or you're going to turn it off. And this has that quality of like, I know what this is doing and to your point, it is on the strength of the fact that such good work is going into this, like the cast

is showing the fuck up. And Sorry. I shouldn't swear so much in these videos. It's just the world we've been for three hours. Hold on a second. All right. So what am I trying to say about this movie? No, yeah, it gets to a brain liquefying degree,

and it makes its point, but I think the point is also emphasized in the exit. It's weird. It's like, I could never fault anybody for looking at this movie and going, like, you could trim so much shit out of this, because there are multiple scenes where they're sitting around and they're bullshitting and they're doing drugs, And you're just like, I get it. But the point is sort of like, look how empty this all is.

And look how much, like, fun they're having, but in a really sad kind of way. And it's, like, unhinged. And it's like a little bit of a nightmare, a lot of it. And, oh, God. Like, even the fun stuff looks like no fun. Like, this is, this looks like watching a rager that you're like, I like a party. But thank God, I'm not at that party. Yeah.

No, I appreciate that the movie's honest. is for or at least Jordan Belford's honesty. Yeah, at least the sense of like, look, he wrote this book about himself and they made a movie and he comes off horrible. Yeah. And I'm like, you put this out here willingly.

Yeah. And then had it adapted willingly. Like, it's so unflattering. Yeah. He's fucking crawling around and his face drooling. He slapped and punched his wife. And then took his kid after doing a line of Coke. Like, there's some disturbing stuff in this.

We're going to have to also, I guess, oh, sent to some stuff. Don't worry. This was going to be a concern anyway. To talk about this movie, you have to talk about subject matter. It's hard to talk about on YouTube. But yeah, like, it is, like, once you get to those late moments where, like, the veneers are really off and the rot. Except for John of Hell.

I know this is based on a real guy. I am not a bloodthirsty person, but, like, I have never wanted to see a fictionalized, person die on screen more. I've never experienced that. So let me ask you, there's one... I hate this guy. This guy is the worst guy. I fucking hate this guy.

There was one scene that took you out close to the first half of the movie where your head was just down and you were just like out, right? It was like the little person throwing scene or they were talking about. That's one of those scenes. It goes on so long and it's so stupid and it's so disrespectful

And so it demonstrated, well demonstrates the fact that these guys have no frame of reference for any type of humanity. But yeah, they're so detached from it because they don't view people as people. They've used people as pawns to, yeah, to, yeah, further their own gains. I was wondering what your thoughts was going through your head during that scene. Because you weren't even looking at the screen at one point. I feel like your head was down for like 30 seconds. Well, and part of me in that moment was like, I should pull my head back up and observe the frames at least. my head, I was also kind of aware, like,

I've been watching this scene for what feels like a few minutes now. I know what angles they're working with in this scene. And lo and behold, when I pulled my head back up, it was the same couple of angles going back and forth. So I didn't feel like I was missing anything because I can still hear it. But it is a movie that you kind of have to pull your head out of once in a while, like, come up for air from. It's just a very different, obviously, crowd of people that we,

would ever really associate with in real life and it was it was there were points and we're like damn this is like awful it's a watch especially the the poor flight attendant on the plane and then just his wife and then there even before i'm like this is like i don't know this is consensual what's happening in the bed with them and then she was like that no that definitely crosses a nasty line and i mean uh the way she commands the end of that scene is interesting but like the the first part of that exchange that physical exchanges is no good no bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad yeah and that's actually one element of the movie that in hindsight i wonder if is much toned down but yeah but yeah it's it could probably it's probably used toned down but the fact that it's in here

at all and the guy himself wrote it i was like commend you on your honesty at least in this at least what you're willing to say that's not in your book or the adaptation. Yeah, like embrace the geek show of your life. And I, it's, it is fascinating because I'm like, this guy clearly knows that this is the next best way he can capitalize. Yeah. Because he wasn't doing the drugs, he was drinking alcohol. And he was like struggling. He needed advice for him to feel better.

And the only thing that he had available to him and his own perception was wife was his sex. He was also a sex addict. But he didn't care about her. experience. He just wanted to get himself off. Well, and yeah, and that's, I mean, I don't know all the incidents of sex addiction, but I'm sure that is part of it is. It's probably not about anybody you're with at all. More so just a million things to do with you. And, uh, yeah, like it is, it is interesting because, yeah, you have this existence of this at all,

which suggests the guy who's making this, you know, wants to capitalize off of it somehow. And, you know, for again, it's, it, it, well, I had a point to it. It's like it is such an ugly biopic in it. Nobody comes off looking any good, no matter. Like, the only person who looks good at all is the FBI agent. And we don't get to know him at all. So, like, you know, it's a fascinating thing. And I think the movie itself is interesting because, like, what people hate about it,

I think is part of what makes it interesting is because, like, this movie seems very aware of what it is and what it's doing. And so there is a hazard. in casting someone as well-known as charming as top-line movie star as DiCaprio to add extra attraction, an extra charm to this guy who is already a very effective snake oil salesman, cult leader guy.

And so, like, it's good casting in context, but it's also good casting for the greater, to me, Rorschach test the movie's trying to pose to you. Because can you see past the charm? charm and the familiarity of Leo and the outlandishness of the hijinks, the comedy of the hijinks. I feel like some people can't. I feel like that's the scary part. People think, this is awesome.

This is. People are like inspired to this. This is. After watching this movie. Absolutely one of the premier options in the, if you idolize this, you've missed the point starter pack. Yeah. Like throw, yeah, throw this guy, throw Tyler Durd and Don Draper, anybody you can. Yeah.

Like, and I'm, and there are people who do. look at this guy who are trying to, you know, occupy these types of high-level financial careers who absolutely idolize this dude, even now, even still. Like, I imagine if the character of Jordan Belford watched this movie, but it was a different guy at this point in time, he would watch this movie. He's like, okay, I can do that. That looks awesome. Just I'll do it smarter than you did it.

But I wouldn't get cut. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And, like, it's fascinating because, again, like, you have. to have some kind of acumen to be able to achieve

what this guy achieved, but also like, it is an illustration of that fact where it's like, yeah, absolute power corrupting, but also just like, once there's, there are no mountains to climb, once like the whole world is of access to you and no rules matter, then like you're gonna go

bored out of your mind and like seek out depraved pleasures and fancies and, you know, stuff to, there's like a reason why even though they're like sort of frightened in the you know, chop scene. At the same time, you're

sort of like, in a sick way, I bet you guys are getting off on this somehow. Yeah, I also had that feeling during the the scene where she was throwing water in his face, and you find out who, like, what's the girl's name? Yeah. Like Venice? Yeah, you find out who Venice is. And like, oh, you probably

just had so much to brave sex. This is the only way you can get off anymore. I'm surprised this wasn't a kinkier movie, to be honest. I guess it doesn't like you really factor into the main, yeah. like, you know, when he's with the dom, I'm like, oh, of course, of course. And not to, and not to shade anybody who's, like, kinky, like, you know, there's, there are many rungs on the societal ladder that you could also then intermingle the connotations with. But yeah,

like for a guy like this, I have to imagine that's a constant occurrence. Oh, for sure. You got to be getting that candle wax treatment all the time and what, and various other things, I'm sure. Yeah, with how much debauching and sin you've allowed into your life. Yeah, it's, it's, the floodgates are open but that's the thing i don't think that having this level of access of money immediately put you in a position to be someone who was living at debauchess life like hell we're seeing that shit with with the going on with ditty right now you know then this movie was surprisingly devoid of baby oil but i feel like but i feel like something like this like money and and freedom and power i'm like does it corrupt

or does it just unlock what was already there, but not you have access to the things because you feel like you have no limitations? Yeah, for sure. I mean, it's probably some of both, but I would imagine it's largely more direct or that, the direction you're heading in. Like, I feel like you're already that person,

now you have access to explore it. Well, that's part of what is interesting because you glimpse Jordan so briefly at the beginning-ish as who he was before. And, you know, he's a bit. of a blank slate every man at the top not every man but like you know he's just kind of like oh you know i'm really happy to be here and i just want to do the best work i can and you know like i'm i'll do my best for you sir and then like he says that lunch with satan he has that meeting

with the devil with matthewa and then yeah like the the descent into a whole other guy you know begins but yeah it does make you wonder who is underneath there to begin with i feel like that's what he was you just had gained the access in power and then you know, just slipped into the thing. And we're going to obviously have questions, so I don't want to get too ahead of the stuff here. But I was like, by the end, I'm like, I don't know if he really changed.

I feel like he'd just change because he had to change. I don't think he changed at all. Like, he's out here. Sell me this pet. Like, he's, I don't know. He still gets the high off of the cell and just the power. Yeah. And like on the one hand, I'm like, you know,

as long as you're still here on earth and these are what skills you have, I get it. You got to find a place to apply them. But at the same time, it does somewhat reek of like, I'm going to get my way back into this world any way I can, even if it's just empowering the next generation. And the scary idea that so many people, to end the movie on a shot of these people's hopeful faces

as they're wrapped with attention and they're beholding this guy who at this point, it must be public knowledge, in the universe of his rise and fall and now people are coming to learn from him so people clearly are willing to look past all of that I feel like a certain sector of people because like yourself most people don't even know

one I didn't know who Jordan Belford was before this movie came out and two most people don't even know what he looks like like yeah I didn't even realize we looked like yeah this was this was this was quite something I like this it I know some people hate this movie and I get it

and I don't know if I would be compelled to like argue you out of that. But I do think this is one of the more interesting exercises in excess that better justifies. I get why this movie exists the way it does

and I feel like, again, the complaint that like you could cut so much stuff out is kind of part of the point weirdly. Like I feel like in a weird way this being three hours of debauchery just encroaching more and more and

more on you is like sort of the point and criticism sort of pales in the face of that because like well yeah of course you could cut some stuff out and streamline this and make it shorter but like it's not a draggy movie necessarily except for those couple moments where you're like holy shit

this conversation about the whole little people target bull's eye conversation that goes on forever like moments in moments I'm like okay we can I get the point but then again I think the The movie's purpose is sort of to overstay the point and overstate itself.

Because this is a world of extreme overstatement and maximalism at all times. So, like, for the movie to be maximal and also be this polished is interesting to me anyway. Because I've seen other movies where it's like, nobody edited this. And I've seen other Scorsese movies that run this length where I have felt more justifiably you could fine tune it. That's so interesting. I didn't really feel the runtime of watching it. Yeah. Surprisingly. Because it's so madcap. It's so madcap. There's so much stuff happening all the time. Even though certain scenes are long, I still feel like it's well-paced

because the dialogue, though debauchous and horrible, is still entertaining. I was never bored watching the movie. Well, it's because it's still got rhythm. It's that thing where, like, the contrast is like, the scenes will be going on, but you're like, I get, if you want to isolate and just go like, oh, you like the stuff that you shot and you want to keep it all, like then I get it and it's like well the scenes are still rhythmic and they're still like you know good filmmaking on display as opposed to like

you know a too long scene in some bantery comedy where again just like nobody could contain themselves and like half the stuff in here is not great improv like there's stuff in here in moments like that that you could trim where I was still something they're going like is this in the script are they improvising this? It just feels like

the cross talk is so again overwhelming and fast and rapid yeah it's funny that this movie is about a guy with a bunch of other people that are functioning, high-functioning drug addict. And this movie feels like it was made on cocaine, but from a very competent director. I find Fass, Scorsese Fass, and, you know, certainly he's had his bouts with, you know, vices and substances and all sorts of. A guy who's had some of these direct experiences clearly made the movie. but I really appreciate the way

in general Scorsese seems to be thoughtful even when he's dealing with very pulpy debauched character's worlds etc there's something about his eye and just like the lens in the greater sense through which you're seeing the movie curated by Autour Martin Scorsese that always feels like somehow

yeah like it's a observing rather than prescribing and it allows you like I can always tell that this is just me I guess projecting and interpreting but I get I can always feel like this the moral compass of his underneath it because I feel like he's like a Christian and stuff like that and like he doesn't always make movies about gangsters and shit but you know there's something about him behind the camera that like provide the spiritual counterweight that again helps I don't know I don't know know, and it's in all sorts of little choices, but it helps, I think, for me to counteract the whole, like, this is glorification thing. Because it's like, it's never, it's, it's like, it's fun to watch in the way so many, like, soon to be, like, when you know cringe is coming, when you know, you know, craziness is going to ensue. Like, it's that kind of fun. It's, like, painful fun. It's like watching a fuckers movie. It's like, yeah, it's like watching one of those comedies where it's like, everything can't go wrong. will go wrong, except it's just like crime that you know is going to be, you know, paid for eventually. This is a fascinating movie.

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Well, let's get it going. I'm sure any other points we have to make will be covered here. Malik, starting off with you. Malik has this to say, I love this movie. The stacked cast and strong performances from Leonardo and Margot. Absolutely. And Margot, again, like putting her on the map, dude. Aside from Great Gatsby, this is one of my favorite roles for Leo.

And this was my introduction to Margot Robbie. Likewise. I heard her Brooklyn accent, Long Island, and thought she'd be perfect for Harley Quinn. That's another thing, too. Oh, goodness, I hadn't even thought of that at the time, even though we referenced her. But yeah, just for her to actually get cast as her years later. Jonah was another standout for me as well, aside from Leonardo and Margot's performance, which character stood out to you the most?

I would say, well, Matthew McConaughey, for his short, brief appearance was magnanimous, And I felt like he just really ate that scene up. And especially, you know, being one of the greatest actors over time, Leo, the both of them just being so captivating in that scene. But I feel like an unsung hero of this movie, we kind of talked about it. It was Kyle Chandler. And the few scenes that he did have, he was really captivating. And even though he was the character that was more reserved or more quiet,

you still felt his power in the scene, even though Leo was the one who thought he was in control. And especially I'm talking about the scene on the boat. And then he was one of the few people that stood up to Jordan in a blunt way. We're like, I don't like you. I don't care about your money. I don't care about your power. I got you, motherfucker. Sorry.

So, yeah, I really appreciated that from him. Unsung Hero. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's impossible to ignore Jonah Hill. And Jonah, obviously. And, I mean, good work. I fucking hated watching that guy in the effective kind of way,

in the way that is intentional. So props. I hated that guy though. Yeah, I would say. Like the Kyle Chandler, that one scene on the boat is so great. And again, it's one of those examples of double acting where it's like, okay, this guy is clear. Like, I think that's, again, this movie speaks, even the existence of the book and the movie speak to the, like, shamelessness of this man. Because this movie makes him look dumb, too, on top of that.

That whole yacht scene is dumb as hell. dumbest choice. And this guy can't help himself and he's such a narcissist and he always thinks he's in control and I love you caught it. Like that second where you're like, ah shit, I stepped in it. I just laid the bribe. I couldn't help myself. I couldn't

stop. And yeah, I loved watching Kyle Chandler play off of him as naive and as, you know, just sort of a more light, humored guy and like, oh, we're chums and pals. And then the way the scene ends where they're still carrying on the veneer of having a nice

conversation, even though everyone knows what's happening here and what we feel about each other. And then, you know, I mean, that's the lion's share of his real performing time. But yeah, as the one one character who's not tied up in all this, I really appreciated him. It was really fun to see Jean du Jardin as the Swiss Bank guy. I just think he's got such a fun, charming, just vibe. Also, Bernthau. Brunthol's always great, you know, for the special. moral he had. I feel like he was very, very present, very, very active, and it was very entertaining,

watching him and Jonah Hill kind of go back to back and how reserved he was in the face of Jonah Hill being the most unlikable person on the planet within the specific context of this movie. Yeah, I feel like you did a great job with that. I'm sad he didn't get to beat the shit out of him. Me too. He just got one punch in. I think he can knock his stupid teeth out. One punch! I also like the lady who he gave $25,000 to. She was good for us.

small role. And hey, Margo Robbie, I mean, like, actually, like, I, I guess I expected, like, when she comes into the movie, it seems like, oh, man, she's about to become another lead. And then she kind of is, but then eventually, once Jordan loses interest, we see a lot less of her anyway. But I thought, yeah, as a star making role for hers was. Also, what's her name, his first wife? Very small role, but she's always so great. Is it Christina Millian?

Millian. yeah miliote god god god god god rob riner rip but rob riner was really fun to watch too

i'm not used to seeing him in quite as you know swearing a lot and you know being I really liked his presence and I felt bad for him as this guy's dad but yeah lots of good

character appearances and stuff like that i mean PJ burn shouts out holding it down as another schlub, Shea Wiggum holding it down as the captain, the boat. And Joanna Lumley, too. She's great and stuff. And Aunt Emma, I thought, you know, it was a nice presence here. Good casting overall.

But yeah, goodness, gracious me. Let's jump on to Kev B. Kev B. What was the most shocking scene for you? And did it feel exaggerated or real? Um, uh, uh, it's shocking is a, is an interesting context to consider here. I guess, um, the thing I expected the least, I don't even know how to describe it. Um, the, the, the, the, this is a small moment. It's not really big in the context of the movie, but when he's up, too, they come into mine.

Yeah, there's, there's a scene. I don't know how to describe it. There's a scene that involves a butt. A butt. The candle? No, the other prominent. Oh, towards the beginning. Yes, there's a butt and some powders.

And that just struck me for some reason. I know it's the thing that can happen, but just like that whole moment was quite, uh, and, uh, it's, it felt real, I guess. When he's bum, bum sniffing. Sure. We'll go with that. Why not? whatever you want to call it, I'm good with that. I was like, oh, my.

Okay. I mean, one of the most standout scenes is the Kualudes Country Club scene. Not necessarily the most shocking in terms of what you're witnessing in terms of like a substance. It's bloody or anything. But, you know, like as a moment of human demoralization or, you know, just like all dignity gone, quite striking. This movie is so filled with shocking stuff that it, it desensitizes you. Again, which is part of the point the movie's making is like the more you get exposed to all this stuff and the more it's your here and now actual life, then, you know. Yeah.

Where are you going to go? Yeah, yeah. No, I think the scenes that shocked me most, I was shocked by the Kualud scene. I thought it was very entertaining and very well acted. But I think that was one of, no, I didn't remember the context, but I remember him. trying to get into the car and that's like the one thing i did remember but the thing that shocked me the most was one him you know um him and wifey at the end him and the wifey at the end from the bed through the smacks that whole that whole scene but also the the brief moment of

why they had to tie him up on the plane and what he was doing with the flight attendant or to the flight attendant those are the scenes of shock me the most i'm like oh my god yeah i'm like you You need to be in jail for other things. Yeah, absolutely. And I wanted that, again, like, it's unflattering and it's bad enough as it is portrayed. But part of me is like, I wonder what is. No. It was really giving that Trump's grabbing by the energy.

Yeah. Yeah. 100%. And I was like, ah, yeah, you got to get taken down. And for all this. You should have gone to jail longer. Yeah. I mean, the whole frigging bull's eye sequence, crazy.

so dehumanizing and the like marching bad like there's so much stuff you could yeah just throw a dart at any page in the script and chances are something ridiculous is going on the you know what uh that whole scene with his wife up through putting the kid in the car and and backing out of the garage door and yeah that was pretty shocking that was pretty and i do as much as it's not pleasant to witness and i'm not saying like it's good we should always be depicting these things but i do a appreciate that in a movie like this, there are some very soberingly ugly moments that are outside of the spell of all the luxury and all that shit. But hey, fill up the comment box with your most shocking scene. Everything felt exaggerated and plausible, I guess. This is one of those movies that rides on the fact that you're like, what I know about reality now, I am not surprised. I shouldn't be.

Oh, thanks for chiming in. Oh, yeah. Has this film influenced how you view motivational speakers or get rich quick schemes in today's influencer culture? I mean, if he was doing this, if all this had happened slightly later, I mean, he would definitely be thrown down that YouTube channel. Oh, 100%.

If I was, you know, investing. He has a YouTube channel. Just podcasting now. Oh, I'm looking up. I'm going to look him up. I'm gonna look him up, y'all. I'm out, man. Of course he does.

The second the words left my mouth, I was like, I bet Aaron's about to inform me that this guy's a thriving podcast. Oh, my God. It's the 2020s. Who doesn't have a podcast? Oh, my God, dude. If I was, yeah, getting into stocks in 2026, here's what I would do. Oh, yeah.

Wait. Where's his podcast? Oh, man. I was going to say It can't, yeah, if you just search Jordan Belford, it can't be the first thing that comes up. Oh my God, he's on impulsive. He's on impulsive.

Oh, my, two years ago, he was on Chuck Carlson. Let's go. And it's got 666K views with a devil in the thumbnail. The Illuminati is real. Wall Street is evil. And here's, but here's why we need it. Oh, wow. But here's where we need it.

Oh, Lord. Yeah, okay, he hasn't had a podcast himself, but he's been on a ton of podcast. Wait, no, I think I stand corrected. Oh my God. Yep, he does have his own podcast, but he hasn't uploaded in two years. Oh, good. That's good.

Yeah. The Wolf of Wall Street's secret sales method revealed. Oh, no. Yeah, buddy. I'm glad that his views aren't, like, insane. He's got a couple nearing 20K here. He had 168 episodes of the Wolf of Wall Street. and we'll be reacting to them next.

Yes. Yes, I think we will. Oh, Lord. Any get rich quick scheme is suss. Well, yeah. I'm fascinated by it, like, the penny stock thing, the way they explain that. I'm like, I don't. I know that they show you who might be willing to open themselves up to this and who they pray on.

But at the same time, I'm like, this just sounds like such a bad idea. Like there's almost, he says that thing about like, no one knows which way the stocks are going to go. And it seems like even less with the penny stocks. But, um, uh, I mean, I guess every motivational speaker to some degree for me leaves me questioning, like, what's your life actually like? You know, because I know you got to make a business out here. And granted, your message may be worth sharing. And I'm not cynical completely, but, you know, I'm always curious about the authenticity and whatnot. and I guess you just kind of use the whole like corn metaphor of like I know it when I see it.

Yeah. That's a good question. Does it change the way I view motivational speakers or get rich quick schemes? I feel like different speakers have different intents, but I feel like there is, no matter if it's literally the get rich quick schemes or personal development have some sort of larger financial game that's at the, the detriment of the person they're selling to. So there is sort of an insidious nature to the job itself.

I don't think motivational speakers are inherently bad. I feel like there is a moral way of going about it, at least with certain people. But get rich quick schemes just seems kind of scuzzy as a concept. Because I feel like it implies

some level of screwing other people over, which is not cool. Which is not what I'm about. So that's how feel about that. I feel like one way about one, most motivational speakers, cool sometimes in context, get rich

quick schemes, kind of suss. Well, yeah, and I guess it's that. It's like I'm less suspicious of motivational speakers who are just like trying to help you get your self-improved. Exactly. If it's like financial motivational speaker, I am a little

more wary, especially again, given what, it all depends on like what's the image being put out and how authentic does it seem and what is the flavor of the message? Like yeah, I don't know. Like Jordan Belford in this movie

does come across fiendish in ways where I'm like, the flavor of your message is a little too unhinged for me. So I don't know if this movie is really affected like my overall view of motivational speakers or get rich quick schemes in a way that by view wasn't already affected.

But certainly, I mean, it just adds more drops into that bucket of like just do your best to be aware of who you're taking ideas from. Even, you know, when people who are not good at being people have a couple good ideas, you know, here or there. I'm sure you could take something from his sell me a pen thing, but, you know, I'll find somewhere else to get info if I needed that bad.

Jaden Rote. This is probably the best 2010s crime movie, probably one of my favorite Leonardo Cabo performances. but once upon a time in Hollywood is probably the better performance. I'm curious if you all agree. I've only seen it once, so I can't really like add to that. So if we watch it again, I could probably give you a better honest opinion. But I know he has some great scenes in that movie.

There's some pretty dope stuff that he does. And he's hilarious in that movie. From what I do remember, but I think it came out like 2019. So it's been like three-six or so years since I've seen it. So yeah, kind of tough to weigh in on that. But what about you, John? That's a tough one. he's more sad he's more endearing obviously

and once upon a time in Hollywood I mean he's not like the best guy still but he's more like a he's more of like a sad sack in some ways and I mean you know he's that's that's tricky because he's really good at embodying these roles and he's really good at embodying both and they're both different and I mean stuff about once upon a time

in Hollywood appeals like the aesthetics of that movie in some ways appeal more to me the time and place it's weird because like Leo in this movie is part of the poison is that he's so charismatic so I might go with you so much as to say that I think yeah once upon a time in Hollywood I think is probably a bit more nuanced in some other interesting ways they're both tour-to-force performances I would say I do I think edge out once upon a time though And I mean, I hesitate to say this, but I feel like the best Leo performance is one of his most despicable characters, which is Calvin Candy.

And did he win the year before this? I was going to say, and did he win the Oscar for this? No, he's only one won one. It was for the Revenant. It was for the Revenant. Okay, yeah, because I've always felt like it should have been Calvin Candy. Because, like, The Revenant, the one time I watched it anyway, I'm like, this movie works. I mean, Leo's dedicated, but, like, if you didn't have Tom Hous.

party if you didn't have some other people it wouldn't work as well yeah i've only seen it the once but that movie felt like uh he's done so many great performances let's just give him the oscar rather than this is the one he deserves it yeah he's out i get it he's out here suffering okay yeah but uh but yeah i mean once upon a time i would probably i certainly would want to watch that movie again sooner and uh same and it's him and margot and margot not not on screen together but you know i forgot she was in that a little bit of time uh oh shit she's in that but uh i i would i would i would i would say yeah because too i mean he's also playing an actor and he's playing a guy who's not all together as bright as he could be and he's playing a guy who's insecure that scene where he's breaking

down on the trailer and he's like bubub he's so stupid like you know i think i think we unlocked some new stuff for leo in that movie so as much as i mean he's great at playing the fiend here i think once upon a time i would agree with you nicky son orisa thank you for chiming in hey fellas man i haven't seen this movie in ages but i can never get that scene with leo crawling to the car capacitated out of my head what are your most memorable moments from the film I think that takes the cake yeah that's for sure

one of them yeah the chest thing is like because that's such a meme anyway there's so many gifts that have come out of this movie him doing like him doing the dance him doing the uh-huh like and then the

the her with the foot on his face his face yeah this was a wolf of Wall Street gifts there's a lot I think the the scene at the end or he's trying to you know take his kid back that whole scene is

I'm a surprise out I forgot that so like that's insane that was so unsettling to watch and yeah I was a harsh scene but very very great acting on both their parts

also the scene which keeps on the water in his face is very memorable yeah I mean that exchange between them where she's like I'm gonna be wearing short skirts So I'm going to be walking around and you ain't touching none of this. It's like, this is a pretty memorable scene. The scene on the boat we've talked about, I think that was just like cut to right after being told to do exactly not this.

Cut to him doing this. Yep. Fighting these dudes on his boat. It's like you are not that smart. And yeah, it was good. It was good. That scene where they're doing crack too. It's pretty funny.

Yeah, that was a fun one. There's a lot of stuff in this movie. A lot of memorable scenes. Yeah, leave us yours in the comments. This is another one where, yeah, I was like, my brain is turned into such mush that I'm like, shit, there's like probably a million. Jay Rushden.

What up, Jay? Questions. Were you laughing at a dance scene? And this was my favorite part of their movie. The movie there. Yeah, that scene was great. Loved it. Yeah.

Was that also when they had the marching band stuff? Was that? I mean, that was a different scene? I think him dancing at the wedding. Yes. Yeah. I think so. A lot of debauchery happened.

Where's that dance? Yeah, here he is. Yeah, I was at the wedding. Yeah. Oh, my God, dude. There's no naked people there, so it had to be. That was the most sanitary scene in the movie, the actual wedding. I was surprised by those moves, too.

Yeah, I was like, oh, my man's liquid. My man is, my man's flowing. Yeah, I'm surprised you hadn't done a dance movie. Yeah, we got to get stomped the, Leo. Please. Cap the yard. Cap the yard.

All right. Yeah. That's a great scene. Jay, no notes. No alcohol required. Hey. Alan Smithy! Good to hear from you again.

Thanks for showing up on that four-hour podcast that preceded this four-hour shoot. Alan Smithy. Hey, Coy, John, and Aaron. Sorry, no coy today. We were originally going to have Coy, but then things changed. John and Aaron, assuming you have all experimented, what is the craziest thing you've done or seen when modified by a controlled substance or any zebras involved coy oh i'll have to ask you a barb out for him uh come on guys be honest hail quail

boy howdy i've been too too crazy i'm not going to lie y'all but um sometimes have been had sometimes have been had The craziest things that I can't say on the internet The times have been had I don't think I've ever done anything Whilst altered That was like Insane on its face

It's usually like circumstantially Like oh I'll get into some kind of adventure You know like I'll strike up a conversation With somebody and then we're You know next we're going over here now And now we're meeting new people It's usually something like that I'll yes and more outlandish things in that state

I remember Okay. One story will be very loose with the details, but I engaged in something with some friends of mine at a park. And then we stayed there. The plan was to stay there all night. And it came a point where my friends wanted to leave said location while still not sober. And all my friends were in the car ready to leave said location. And I did not want to go. And we did not leave until sunrise. You kept everybody until I kept everybody because I was like, bro, your eyes are massive. We're not going anywhere.

We cannot leave. Good golly. Donnerstein, yeah. I was in a situation once where a thing was happening and some of our number were not handling it as well as others. And they wound up calling the cops. Oh, no. And my buddy who was sort of taking lead on this cool as a kuk. I was like backing him up basically like I am not experiencing the cooler parts of this story.

I'm just kind of helping to keep everybody else who's in our party chill while Dave is like just one side of the wall away. Like, yeah, I don't know. Man, I hear noises out here in the neighborhood that are keeping my mom up. It's just like cool as kuk talking to the fuzz. And everything turned out fine. fine. Okay. But yeah, it was, uh, yeah.

Yeah. Well, uh, we'll stop there. Yeah. We'll stop there. Yeah. Let's talk more about it off camp. We'll talk about that if we ever hang out at a convention or something. Yeah.

Trivia. Let's do some trivia. D.K. Lounge. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. As you can guess, Scorsese gave the cast free range to improv as much as possible. And it's the movie that introduced the world to Margaropi. Also, fun fact, Thorne Burford makes a cameo is the host who introduces the film version of him in the final scene. You know, this true, I was wondering frequently, and I'm not surprised.

And this definitely has tendencies that feel like an improv movie. And so, like, this is probably the best Judd-Appettel movie ever made. Very curious to see how many scenes are improv for sure. Yeah, and with all that cross-dog and with all the craziness, it's like once you understand the point of the scene, it doesn't really matter

what the specifics are. You know, I'm sure Jordan Belfort isn't going to be like, no, no, that's not how we were talking about putting quailudes up someone's butt. You know, like,

so I am fascinated that that should be part of this soup, because again, I vividly remember when the whole Judd-Apital 40-year-old virgin and beyond that, like, decades' worth of

increasingly less edited banter improvved comedies. And there's so much of that in the DNA of this. And Jonah Hill's here, and he's obviously a veteran of that genre. It's a very fascinating, like thread I hadn't anticipated

kind of standing out to me here. And again, it's, it's fascinating to see that through the lens of Thelma Schoonmaker, who's like a revered cinematic editor. So to see it through that scope. And under the direction of Martin Scorsese, and with all these, like,

high caliber, dramatic action. is fascinating. Thank you, D.K. Lounge. Malik. Closing us out. Fun fact. The Great Gatsby and the Wolf of Wall Street came out within months of each other in 2013.

Wow. Never seen, never seen Greigaspi. But I always wanted to. That's a movie. I think I maybe saw it. I think I saw it the once, but it's a Bazelerman joint. And those are dense and glitzy and edited.

tons and so I definitely need to watch that movie again with fresh eyes because I do not ever I know the story of the Great Gatsby generally but that's one I actually because people bring it up and I remember it was like kind of mixed in the reviews at the time but people

bring it up even still as like a as a DiCaprio fave real quick here McConaughey's scenes because I know people would be wondering were shot on the second week of filming the chest beating and humming performed by him was improvised and a warm-up right

that he performs before acting. When Leonardo DiCaprio saw it while filming, the brief shot of him looking away uneasily from the camera was him looking at Martin Scorsese for approval. DiCaprio encouraged them to include it in the scene and later claimed it set the tone for the rest of the film.

Nice. And of course, all the on-screen powders are just crushed up B vitamins. The majority of the film's dialogue was improvised as Martin Scorsese often encourages. I didn't know that was like a common practice for him. Huh. And apparently, wanting to work with Scroese,

Jonah Hill took a pay cut to be here. So he only made $60,000. Wow. Wow. Only $60,000. On a routine set visit, Stephen Spielberg spent a day on set watching the shoot of the Steve Madden speech. Martin Scorsese claims that Spielberg essentially co-directed the scene, giving advice to actors and suggesting, suggesting camera.

angles. That is bonkers. Man. Yeah, that's pretty cool. Wow. Well, gang, we did it. We did it. We've taken every substance known to man. We've scaled the debauchery

mountain, and we've gone to prison and house arrest and all the other things, and now we're rich. Woo-hoo! So leave us your thoughts on this giant, unruly, insanely maximal film. And we'll catch you. next time for something

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